Monthly Archives: December 2020
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Build Your Own Enterprise-D From Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Expert color-matching to the starship’s on-screen appearance
- Decals to capture the tiniest details of each component
- Saucer and stardrive sections that can be cleanly separated for display, just as seen on screen
- Working internal lights that match the original studio model, illuminating the ship's windows, engines, navigation lights, and main deflector
- Separate power sources for the stardrive and saucer sections, to keep both lit
Every issue in this subscription comes with simple instructions, labelled and color-coded for ease of assembly – and is also packed with extra features for Star Trek fans. With each delivery, you’ll build a collector’s guide of behind the scenes information, insightful interviews, and astounding art from the people who made TNG, starting with how Andy Probert designed the Enterprise-D itself! If you're interested in registering for this program, head over to build-model-enterprise.com. And for a closer look at the model, check out the images below: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=build-your-own-enterprise-d-from-star-trek-the-next-generation&captions=true"]
Build Your Own Enterprise-D From Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Expert color-matching to the starship’s on-screen appearance
- Decals to capture the tiniest details of each component
- Saucer and stardrive sections that can be cleanly separated for display, just as seen on screen
- Working internal lights that match the original studio model, illuminating the ship's windows, engines, navigation lights, and main deflector
- Separate power sources for the stardrive and saucer sections, to keep both lit
Every issue in this subscription comes with simple instructions, labelled and color-coded for ease of assembly – and is also packed with extra features for Star Trek fans. With each delivery, you’ll build a collector’s guide of behind the scenes information, insightful interviews, and astounding art from the people who made TNG, starting with how Andy Probert designed the Enterprise-D itself! If you're interested in registering for this program, head over to build-model-enterprise.com. And for a closer look at the model, check out the images below: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=build-your-own-enterprise-d-from-star-trek-the-next-generation&captions=true"]
Wonder Woman 1984 Exclusive Posters Reveal New Looks at Cheetah, Maxwell Lord
Wonder Woman 1984 Exclusive Posters Reveal New Looks at Cheetah, Maxwell Lord
‘Dueling Dinosaur’ Fossil Shows Potential T.rex and Triceratops Battle
A Tyrannosaurus rex and a Triceratops horridus lay dead in close proximity. The T.rex has a broken finger, and some of its teeth are sunk into the Triceratops’ spine. Some calamity or perhaps swampy conditions caused them to be buried together. But were the two actually battling right before death or were the injuries sustained after death? That’s what researchers at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will find out, now that they’ve taken possession of the “dueling dinosaurs” fossil.
Even if there weren’t signs of a struggle between the T.rex and Triceratops, the fossil would still have a lot to intrigue paleontologists. “There will literally be thousands of studies done on these fossils,” paleontologist Tyler Lyson of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, told National Geographic.
These are some of the most complete dinosaur skeletons ever found, and they’re articulated. That means both dinosaurs have most of their pieces in the proper place. Often, fossil skeletons are found with bones strewn about haphazardly. The Triceratops’ forelimbs are either still encased in sediment or were taken by scavengers before they could be preserved.
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In 2006, commercial fossil hunter Clayton Phipps and his cousin Chad O’Connor found the Triceratops protruding from the Hell Creek Formation in Montana. Instead of just removing the bones, they kept everything encased in the surrounding sedimentary rock. Not only did this keep the bones in their proper places, it also preserved some important evidence, including body outlines and potential impressions from other soft tissue. The skin on the Triceratops’ horns and hips left indentions.
"The preservation is phenomenal, and we plan to use every technological innovation available to reveal new information on the biology of T. rex and Triceratops,” said Dr. Lindsay Zanno, head of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, in a press release. “This fossil will forever change our view of the world’s two favorite dinosaurs.”
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To supplement the information from the fossil, Zanno and her team will travel to Montana to see the site where Phipps and O’Connor found it. “If we couldn’t go to the site where the specimens were discovered and collect that data ourselves, then the specimens would be much less valuable from a scientific perspective,” Zanno told National Geographic.
The unique fossil’s journey from Montana to North Carolina was long and litigious. After Phipps and his team got it out of the hillside, they kept it in storage, expecting a museum to snap it up. It went up for auction in 2013, but no one met the $6-million minimum bid. Then the fossil got caught up in a legal struggle over ownership rights. Finally, the Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences used private funds to purchase the Dueling Dinosaurs and donated it to the museum.
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To accommodate what it expects to be enormous interest from the public, the museum will begin renovating next year to create a new SECU DinoLab. Visitors will be able to watch scientists as they study the fossil. "The way we have designed the entire experience — inviting the public to follow the scientific discoveries in real time and participate in the research — will set a new standard for museums,” said Zanno. The fossil will go on display in 2022.
Future work on the fossil could include looking at the Triceratops’ stomach contents or extracting any remaining molecules from the specimen. Researchers will look for evidence of feathers on the T.rex, as well.
For more dino news, check out how Stan the T.rex became the most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold and read about the Spinosaurus becoming the first known swimming dinosaur earlier this year.
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Jenny McGrath is a science writer for IGN. She never tweets, but here she is @JennyMcGeez.
‘Dueling Dinosaur’ Fossil Shows Potential T.rex and Triceratops Battle
A Tyrannosaurus rex and a Triceratops horridus lay dead in close proximity. The T.rex has a broken finger, and some of its teeth are sunk into the Triceratops’ spine. Some calamity or perhaps swampy conditions caused them to be buried together. But were the two actually battling right before death or were the injuries sustained after death? That’s what researchers at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will find out, now that they’ve taken possession of the “dueling dinosaurs” fossil.
Even if there weren’t signs of a struggle between the T.rex and Triceratops, the fossil would still have a lot to intrigue paleontologists. “There will literally be thousands of studies done on these fossils,” paleontologist Tyler Lyson of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, told National Geographic.
These are some of the most complete dinosaur skeletons ever found, and they’re articulated. That means both dinosaurs have most of their pieces in the proper place. Often, fossil skeletons are found with bones strewn about haphazardly. The Triceratops’ forelimbs are either still encased in sediment or were taken by scavengers before they could be preserved.
[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=dueling-dinosaurs-fossil-photo-gallery&captions=true"]
In 2006, commercial fossil hunter Clayton Phipps and his cousin Chad O’Connor found the Triceratops protruding from the Hell Creek Formation in Montana. Instead of just removing the bones, they kept everything encased in the surrounding sedimentary rock. Not only did this keep the bones in their proper places, it also preserved some important evidence, including body outlines and potential impressions from other soft tissue. The skin on the Triceratops’ horns and hips left indentions.
"The preservation is phenomenal, and we plan to use every technological innovation available to reveal new information on the biology of T. rex and Triceratops,” said Dr. Lindsay Zanno, head of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, in a press release. “This fossil will forever change our view of the world’s two favorite dinosaurs.”
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To supplement the information from the fossil, Zanno and her team will travel to Montana to see the site where Phipps and O’Connor found it. “If we couldn’t go to the site where the specimens were discovered and collect that data ourselves, then the specimens would be much less valuable from a scientific perspective,” Zanno told National Geographic.
The unique fossil’s journey from Montana to North Carolina was long and litigious. After Phipps and his team got it out of the hillside, they kept it in storage, expecting a museum to snap it up. It went up for auction in 2013, but no one met the $6-million minimum bid. Then the fossil got caught up in a legal struggle over ownership rights. Finally, the Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences used private funds to purchase the Dueling Dinosaurs and donated it to the museum.
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/08/dueling-dinosaurs-fossil-shows-potential-trex-fight"]
To accommodate what it expects to be enormous interest from the public, the museum will begin renovating next year to create a new SECU DinoLab. Visitors will be able to watch scientists as they study the fossil. "The way we have designed the entire experience — inviting the public to follow the scientific discoveries in real time and participate in the research — will set a new standard for museums,” said Zanno. The fossil will go on display in 2022.
Future work on the fossil could include looking at the Triceratops’ stomach contents or extracting any remaining molecules from the specimen. Researchers will look for evidence of feathers on the T.rex, as well.
For more dino news, check out how Stan the T.rex became the most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold and read about the Spinosaurus becoming the first known swimming dinosaur earlier this year.
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Jenny McGrath is a science writer for IGN. She never tweets, but here she is @JennyMcGeez.
Ghost of Tsushima Wins Player’s Voice Award at The Game Awards
There's no vote weighing involved with this award so Ghost of Tsushima is the game that got the most total votes out of all the other nominees. It beat out other 2020 releases like The Last of Us Part II, Hades, and Doom Eternal. Ghost of Tsushima saw its placement in the rankings shift each round. It had a 3% lead over TLOU2 during the second round of voting – 14% and 11% of the votes respectively – and then when the final round began on December 6, TLOU2 climbed to 43% of the vote while Ghost of Tsushima only had 31%. Then, with just four hours to go before the closing of votes, Ghost of Tsushima jumped up to 47% and TLOU2 dropped to 33%. That was the last update Keighley gave of the voting percentages before announcing Tuesday that Ghost of Tsushima is the Player's Voice Award winner for The Game Awards this year. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/16/the-first-18-minutes-of-ghost-of-tsushima-legends"] Read our thoughts on the game in our Ghost of Tsushima review and then read about how multiplayer has always been a pillar of Sucker Punch's plans for the game with Ghost of Tsushima: Legends. If you haven't yet played the game, the PlayStation 5 is a great place to do so as the game runs at 60fps via Game Boost on the PS5. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.The results are in! Congratulations to GHOST OF TSUSHIMA, the winner of the Player's Voice Award at #TheGameAwards https://t.co/NKXNht6F8X pic.twitter.com/Nfy6TOEm6K
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) December 8, 2020
Ghost of Tsushima Wins Player’s Voice Award at The Game Awards
There's no vote weighing involved with this award so Ghost of Tsushima is the game that got the most total votes out of all the other nominees. It beat out other 2020 releases like The Last of Us Part II, Hades, and Doom Eternal. Ghost of Tsushima saw its placement in the rankings shift each round. It had a 3% lead over TLOU2 during the second round of voting – 14% and 11% of the votes respectively – and then when the final round began on December 6, TLOU2 climbed to 43% of the vote while Ghost of Tsushima only had 31%. Then, with just four hours to go before the closing of votes, Ghost of Tsushima jumped up to 47% and TLOU2 dropped to 33%. That was the last update Keighley gave of the voting percentages before announcing Tuesday that Ghost of Tsushima is the Player's Voice Award winner for The Game Awards this year. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/16/the-first-18-minutes-of-ghost-of-tsushima-legends"] Read our thoughts on the game in our Ghost of Tsushima review and then read about how multiplayer has always been a pillar of Sucker Punch's plans for the game with Ghost of Tsushima: Legends. If you haven't yet played the game, the PlayStation 5 is a great place to do so as the game runs at 60fps via Game Boost on the PS5. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.The results are in! Congratulations to GHOST OF TSUSHIMA, the winner of the Player's Voice Award at #TheGameAwards https://t.co/NKXNht6F8X pic.twitter.com/Nfy6TOEm6K
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) December 8, 2020
CoD: Black Ops Cold War – Xbox Players Being Locked Out of Game By ‘Blackout Trial’ Bug
Blackout was the battle royale mode included in the last Black Ops game, 2018's Black Ops 4. While Blackout's map does seem to be returning to Call of Duty: Warzone in some form, Blackout itself is not currently a part of Black Ops Cold War, making this a strange bug to encounter in the new game. We've contacted publisher Activision for comment on the bug. For now, there's no official fix, although some players are reporting that heading to Xbox's "Manage Game and Add-Ons" section for Black Ops Cold War and making sure that all content packs are correctly installed and applied can fix the issue. Others, however, are reporting that the fix isn't 100% effective. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/17/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-multiplayer-review"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.Updated Cold War this morning, now I’m getting this message and can no longer access Multiplayer or Zombies?
...and yes, I have the full version.@charlieINTEL pic.twitter.com/jQ8styfzkR — (@MolyneuxLuke) December 8, 2020